Bed or berth attachment.



" f-vices illustrated in'Fig. 1. .Fig. 3' is avertical section, on an enlarged dicat-ed line 3-'3 of'Fig. 1.

I HERBERT E. PERKINS, OF, DES MOINES, IOWA.

BED on IBEBTH A' 1TAOHMENT.-

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed Februaryl'Z, 191i.

7 Patented se t. 3,1912; SerialNo. 609,834

To all 'tvlt om it mdy concern: Be itknown that I, HERBERT E. PERKINS,

- a citizen of the United States of America,

and resident; of Des Moines, Polk county,

Iowa, have'invented-anew and useful Bed of -Berth Attachment, of which. the following is a specification.f The object of this invention is to" provide Y 'an-imp'roved detachable means forprotec't:

m the occupant or expulsion from a bed.

A further ,object of this invention is to provide improved means for protectingthe occupant of a berth, and especially an upper berthyo'f a sleeping car fromaccidental falling or expulsion from said berth.

j invention consists in'the construction, arrangement and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims and. illustrated by the accompanying --dfiwing, in which 1 Figure 1 is a front elevation illustrating my improved device in position for prac tical use. Fig. 2 is an elevation, partly in Asectiomshowing the opposite side of the'descale, on the in- In the construction and application of the bed frame barof the device as shown the numeral 10 designates a ormore particularly the front bed frame of an upper berth of a sleeping car. A -curtain pole or rod 11 is arranged in a plane above and approxito separate one berth from another. 14,

mately'parallelwiththe frame bar 10'and ma be of any desired construction. Such rod usually are found in standard Pullman sleeping cars and are employed to support curtains adapted to depend in front of the berth and also arememployed as hand rails. The numerals 12, 13 designate removable end boards or partitions usually found inistandard Pullman sleeping cars, adaptgd c not show these various elements in detail as they form no part of my invention.

- In the'construction of my improvement the numerals 14, 15 designate standards,

.which are pivoted at their upper ends to 50. 'to be folded into parallel relations or arranged in diverging relations as shown.

end portions of a plate 16 and are adapted Means are provided for attaching the plate 16 removably to the pole or rod 11. Any desired means for thi s purpose may be emagainst accidental falling:

i ployed but I prefer to use a spring fork '17 fixed to the plate 16 between the standards 14,15 and adapted to embrace and yieldingly engage the pole or rod. Brackets 18, 19 are fixed to and offset from lower end portions of the standards 14,15 and said brackets and lower end portions of the standards are adapted toembrace the front rail or bar 10 of the bed frame. Set screws '20, 21 are mounted in the lower endportions of the brackets 18, 19 and are provided'with the usual wear plates 22 inside the brackets adapted .to engage the outerface of the front bar or rail-;10. It is thefunction of the set screws 20,21 to press the wear plates 22 against-the rail or bar .10 and thereby rigidly connect the brackets and standards to said bar. A'lateral brace 23 is arran ed transversely oftlie standards 14, 15. ne end portion of the lateral brace 23 is pivoted to the standard 15 by a pin 24 and the opposite end portion of said lateral brace 1s formed with a. notch 25 opening to its lower margin and adapted to engage a pin 26 extending inwardly from the standard 14. The lateral brace is preferably arranged parallel with and somewhat-above the bar 10 and'on the inner surfaces of the standards 14, 15 so as to provide a bar'or fence of suiiicient size and strength to prevent an occupant ofthe berthfrom rolling or being thrown out of the same in the movement of the car.. The standards 14, 15 also serve a similar function and the entire device efl'ec tively prevents such accidents.

The device can be removed from the berth by loosening the set screws 20, 21 and turning the lateral brace 23 through an arc into parallel relations with the standard 1.5. Then the standards 14, 15 may be spread farther apart to release the brackets 18, 19 from the bar 10 and then may be folded into compact relations and be entirely removed by withdrawing the fork 17 from the pole or rod 11. This done the device may be packed with the bedding in the berth or otherwise disposed of conveniently when the berth is not in use.

I claim as my invention 1. In combination with a sleeping berth having a rail and a supporting rod, a plate,- a spring fork detachably connecting said plate to said supporting rod, standards pivoted at one end each to said plate, clamps on said standards adapted to engage said rail, and a lateral brace pivotally secured to one standard and detachably engaging the other standard.

'2. In combination with a sleeping berth having a railand a supporting rod, a plate means secured to said plate for detachably connecting it to said supporting rod, standards'independently pivoted to said plate and adapted to swing away from one another, said standards being provided with means to detachably engage said rail, a lateral brace pivotally secured to one stand ard and adapted to detachably engage the other standard, said standards and lateral brace when in engagement with one another constituting a rigid triangular frame.

3. In combination with-a sleeping berth having a rail and a supporting rod, a guard comprising a plate, a spring fork secured ed to frictiona y engage the rail 'aforesaud,

a lateral brace pivotally secured to one standard and having a lateral slot therein, a pin on the other'standard and adapted to engage the slot in the lateral brace.

Signed by me at Des Moines, Iowa, this 21st day of January, 1911.

HERBERT E. PERKINS.

Witnesses:

S. C; SWEET, EARL M. Smcmm. 

